Santo André is a ''
freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
'' (civil parish) of
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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. It covers the smaller, northwestern part of the municipality of
Porto Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...
, on the island of
Santo Antão.
Settlements
The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census):
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Alto Mira
Alto Mira is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated 4 km southeast of Ribeira da Cruz and 18 km northwest of the island capital Porto Novo. Its population was 1,003 at the 2010 censu ...
(pop: 1,003)
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Chã de Branquinho (pop: 114)
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Chã de Norte (pop: 241)
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Jorge Luis (pop: 347)
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Martiene (pop: 446)
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Monte Trigo
Monte Trigo is the westernmost settlement on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, at the foot of the Tope de Coroa, the highest mountain of the island. It is 28 km west of the island capital Porto Novo. In 2010 its ...
(pop: 274)
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Norte (pop: 595)
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Ribeira da Cruz
Ribeira da Cruz is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. Situated 22 km northwest of the island capital Porto Novo, it is part of the parish of Santo André, in the municipality of Porto Novo. It had 42 ...
(pop: 421)
References
Porto Novo Municipality
Parishes of Cape Verde
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